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Is that font Web safe? Code Style font survey results show the most common fonts on Linux, Windows and Mac computers to help you build a Web safe font stack.
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The most common fonts reported on Linux systems is the cursive font URW Chancery L at practically 100% frequency. Serif font Century Schoolbook L, geometric sans serif URW Gothic L are joint second place. Serif fonts URW Bookman L and URW Palladio L complete the five most common fonts on Linux at 98% frequency.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Stack | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URW Chancery L | 99.01% |  | Stack | Image |
| Century Schoolbook L | 98.82% | | Stack | Image |
| URW Gothic L | 98.82% | | Stack | Image |
| Nimbus Sans L | 98.42% | | Stack | Image |
| URW Bookman L | 98.42% | | Stack | Image |
| URW Palladio L | 98.42% | | Stack | Image |
| Nimbus Mono L | 98.22% | | Stack | Image |
| Nimbus Roman No9 L | 98.22% | | Stack | Image |
| DejaVu Sans | 97.83% | | Stack | Image |
| DejaVu Sans Mono | 97.83% | | Stack | Image |
| DejaVu Serif | 97.83% | | Stack | Image |
| DejaVu Sans Light | 96.10% | | Stack | None |
| DejaVu Sans Condensed | 94.48% | | Stack | None |
| DejaVu Serif Condensed | 94.48% | | Stack | None |
| Bitstream Charter | 91.52% | | Stack | Image |
| Liberation Serif | 89.35% | | Stack | None |
| Liberation Mono | 89.15% | | Stack | None |
| Liberation Sans | 88.95% | | Stack | None |
| FreeSans | 86.00% | | Stack | Image |
| FreeMono | 85.21% | | Stack | Image |
| FreeSerif | 85.21% | | Stack | Image |
| Courier 10 Pitch | 85.03% | | Stack | None |
| Verdana | 70.02% | | Stack | None |
| UnDotum | 69.64% | | Stack | None |
| Georgia | 69.63% | | Stack | None |
| Arial | 69.43% | | Stack | Image |
| Times New Roman | 69.43% | | Stack | None |
| Courier New | 69.03% | | Stack | None |
| Impact | 68.84% | | Stack | None |
| Trebuchet MS | 68.84% | | Stack | None |
| Lohit Bengali | 68.65% | | Stack | None |
| Lohit Tamil | 68.65% | | Stack | None |
| Comic Sans MS | 68.44% | | Stack | None |
| Lohit Gujarati | 68.32% | | Stack | None |
| Waree | 68.32% | | Stack | None |
| Arial Black | 68.24% | | Stack | None |
| Lohit Punjabi | 67.99% | | Stack | None |
| Andale Mono | 66.47% | | Stack | None |
| UnBatang | 64.36% | | Stack | None |
| Ubuntu | 63.74% | | Stack | None |
See the full Linux and Unix font survey results for all Linux fonts.
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